Indian captain Virat Kohli maybe competitive and even antagonistic at times to his opponents on the field but he is a different person altogether off it, said Australian spinner Adam Zampa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After years of facing Kohli as an opponent, Zampa got to see what it is like sharing a dressing room with the 32-year-old right-hand batsman in the IPL 2020, where Zampa played under Kohli's captaincy with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"He's absolutely not what you see on the cricket field," Zampa is quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald. "He always brings his intensity to training and the game; he loves competition, he hates losing as much as anyone. He probably shows it more than anyone."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Once he's off the park, he's the most chilled guy. He's watching YouTube clips on the bus, he'll laugh out loud. There was a cricket clip recently from cricket.com.au, there was a funny run out, he was laughing about it for three weeks' straight. He loves holding onto jokes like that."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Zampa said that Kohli had messaged him on WhatApp in his first day with RCB. "Zamps, here's the $15 off voucher at a vegan restaurant from Deliveroo," it read. "It's a really good restaurant."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It was the first day I arrived [and] he WhatsApped me," said Zampa. "I didn't have his number. He made it as if we've known each other forever."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Zampa has had considerable success against Kohli in limited-overs cricket, dismissing the Indian captain seven times but he points out the fact that he has also conceded a lot of runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I've got him out seven times, but they're at a good click; the economy is well and truly over six runs per over as well. It'll be interesting now we're closer," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The pair will face each other again when India's tour of Australia begins later this month with a three-match ODI and T20I series.
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